diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
index 1c6e359..a2c1545 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -45,10 +45,16 @@
             periodSeconds: {{ .Values.liveness.periodSeconds }}
           {{ end }}
           env:
-            - name: ASDC_ADDRESS
-              value: {{ .Values.externalServices.sdc_be_https }}
-            - name: SCHEMA_MAP_PATH
-              value: {{ .Values.schemaMap.directory }}/{{ .Values.schemaMap.filename }}
+          - name: SDC_ADDRESS
+            value: {{ .Values.externalServices.sdc_be_https }}
+          - name: SCHEMA_MAP_PATH
+            value: {{ .Values.schemaMap.directory }}/{{ .Values.schemaMap.filename }}
+          - name: SECURITY_PROTOCOL
+            value: {{ .Values.config.kafka.securityProtocol }}
+          - name: SASL_MECHANISM
+            value: {{ .Values.config.kafka.saslMechanism }}
+          - name: SASL_JAAS_CONFIG
+            {{- include "common.secret.envFromSecretFast" (dict "global" . "uid" "ves-openapi-kafka-secret" "key" "sasl.jaas.config") | indent 12 }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: schema-map
               mountPath: {{ .Values.schemaMap.directory }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/secrets.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/secrets.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ff8150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/secrets.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Nordix Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+{{ include "common.secretFast" . }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/ves-openapi-sdc-dist-kafka-user.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/ves-openapi-sdc-dist-kafka-user.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f9d0ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/templates/ves-openapi-sdc-dist-kafka-user.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright © 2022 Nordix Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
+kind: KafkaUser
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "common.release" . }}-{{ .Values.vesOpenApiKafkaUser }}
+  labels:
+    strimzi.io/cluster: {{ include "common.release" . }}-strimzi
+spec:
+  authentication:
+    type: {{ .Values.config.kafka.saslMechanism | lower }}
+  authorization:
+    type: {{ .Values.config.kafka.authType }}
+    acls:
+    - resource:
+        type: group
+        name: {{ .Values.config.kafka.sdcTopic.consumerGroup }}
+      operation: Read
+    - resource:
+        type: topic
+        patternType: prefix
+        name: {{ .Values.config.kafka.sdcTopic.pattern }}
+      operation: All
diff --git a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/values.yaml b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/values.yaml
index c07bd52..a9763c9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/dcaegen2-services/components/dcae-ves-openapi-manager/values.yaml
@@ -18,9 +18,33 @@
 # Global values
 global:
   pullPolicy: Always
-image: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.ves-openapi-manager:1.2.0
+image: onap/org.onap.dcaegen2.platform.ves-openapi-manager:1.3.0
 containerPort: &svc_port 8080
 
+secrets:
+  - uid: ves-openapi-kafka-secret
+    externalSecret: '{{ tpl (default "" .Values.config.jaasConfExternalSecret) . }}'
+    type: genericKV
+    envs:
+      - name: sasl.jaas.config
+        value: '{{ .Values.config.someConfig }}'
+        policy: generate
+
+# application configuration
+config:
+  someConfig: blah
+  kafka:
+    bootstrapServer: strimzi-kafka-bootstrap:9092
+    securityProtocol: SASL_PLAINTEXT
+    saslMechanism: SCRAM-SHA-512
+    authType: simple
+    sdcTopic:
+      pattern: SDC-DIST
+      consumerGroup: dcaegen2
+      clientId: ves-openapi-manager
+
+vesOpenApiKafkaUser: ves-open-api-kafka-user
+
 service:
   ports:
     - name: &port http
@@ -45,7 +69,6 @@
 
 readinessCheck:
   wait_for:
-  - message-router
   - sdc-be
 
 flavor: small